List of governors of Georgia

This is a list of Governors of the state of Georgia, including governors of the British colony of Georgia.

State governors

• George Walton 1775 - 1776 (Walton County)
• Archibald Bulloch 1776 - 1777 (Bulloch County)
• Button Gwinnett 1777 (Gwinnett County)
• John A. Treutlen Whig 1777-1778 (Treutlen County)
• John Houstoun Whig 1778-1779 (Houston County)
• John Wereat Whig 1779-1780
• George Walton Whig 1779-1780 (Walton County)
• Richard Howly Whig 1780-1780
• Stephen Heard Whig 1780-1780 (Heard County)
• Myrick Davies Whig 1780-1781
• Nathan Brownson Whig 1781-1782
• John Martin no party 1782-1783
• Lyman Hall none 1783-1784 (Hall County)
• John Houstoun none 1784-1785 (Houston County)
• Samuel Elbert none 1785-1786 (Elbert County)
• Edward Telfair none 1786-1787 (Telfair County)
• George Mathews none 1787-1788
• George Handley none 1788-1789
• George Walton none 1789-1790 (Walton County)
• Edward Telfair none 1790-1793 (Telfair County)
• George Mathews none 1793-1796
• Jared Irwin none 1796-1798 (Irwin County)
• James Jackson Jeff.-Rep. 1798-1801 (Jackson County)
• David Emanuel Jeff.-Rep. 1801-1801 (Emanuel County)
• Josiah Tattnall, Jr. Jeff.-Rep. 1801-1802 (Tattnall County)
• John Milledge Jeff.-Rep. 1802-1806
• Jared Irwin Jeff.-Rep. 1806-1809 (Irwin County)
• David B. Mitchell Jeff.-Rep. 1809-1813
• Peter Early Jeff.-Rep. 1813-1815 (Early County)
• David B. Mitchell Jeff.-Rep. 1815-1817
• William Rabun Jeff.-Rep. 1817-1819 (Rabun County)
• Matthew Talbot Jeff.-Rep. 1819-1819 (Talbot County)
• John Clark Jeff.-Rep. 1819-1823
• George M. Troup Jeff.-Rep. 1823-1827 (Troup County)
• John Forsyth Jeff.-Rep. 1827-1829 (Forsyth County)
• George R. Gilmer unknown 1829-1831 (Gilmer County)
• Wilson Lumpkin Democratic 1831-1835 (Lumpkin County)
• William Schley Democratic 1835-1837 (Schley County)
• George R. Gilmer Whig 1837-1839
• Charles J. McDonald Democratic 1839-1843
• George W. Crawford Whig 1843-1847 (Crawford County)
• George W. Towns Democratic 1847-1851 (Towns County)
• Howell Cobb Union Democratic 1851-1853 (not Cobb County)
• Herschel V. Johnson Union Democratic 1853-1857 (Johnson County)
• Joseph E. Brown Democratic 1857-1865
• James Johnson Democratic 1865-1865
• Charles J. Jenkins Democratic 1865-1868 (Jenkins County)
• Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger U.S. Military Governor 1868-1868
• Rufus B. Bullock Republican 1868-1871
• Benjamin Conley Republican 1871-1872
• James M. Smith Democratic 1872-1877
• Alfred H. Colquitt Democratic 1877-1882 (not Colquitt County)
• Alexander H. Stephens Democratic 1882-1883 (Stephens County)
• James S. Boynton Democratic 1883-1883
• Henry D. McDanielDemocratic 1883-1886
• John B. Gordon Democratic 1886-1890 (not Gordon County)
• William J. Northern Democratic 1890-1894
• William Y. Atkinson Democratic 1894-1898 (Atkinson County)
• Allen D. Candler Democratic 1898-1902 (Candler County)
• Joseph M. Terrell Democratic 1902-1907 (Terrell County)
• Hoke Smith Democratic 1907-1909
• Joseph M. Brown Democratic 1909-1911
• Hoke Smith Democratic 1911-1911
• John M. Slaton Democratic 1911-1912
• Joseph M. Brown Democratic 1912-1913
• John M. Slaton Democratic 1913-1915
• Nathaniel E. Harris Democratic 1915-1917
• Hugh M. Dorsey Democratic 1917-1921
• Thomas W. Hardwick Democratic 1921-1923
• Clifford Walker Democratic 1923-1927
• Lamartine G. Hardman Democratic 1927-1931
• Richard Russell, Jr. Democratic 1931-1933
• Eugene Talmadge Democratic 1933-1937
• Eurith D. Rivers Democratic 1937-1941
• Eugene Talmadge Democratic 1941-1943
• Ellis Arnall Democratic 1943-1947
• Melvin E. Thompson Democratic 1947-1948
• Herman Talmadge Democratic 1948-1955
• Marvin Griffin Democratic 1955-1959
• Ernest Vandiver Democratic 1959-1963
• Carl E. SandersDemocratic 1963-1967
• Lester Maddox Democratic 1967-1971
• James E. Carter Jr. Democratic 1971-1975
• George D. Busbee Democratic 1975-1983
• Joe Frank Harris Democratic 1983-1991
• Zell B. Miller Democratic 1991-1999
• Roy Barnes Democratic 1999-2003
• George E. "Sonny" Perdue III Republican 2003-